Can taking Simvistatin and Levoflaxacin cause Rhabdomyolysis?

My father-inlaw was admitted to hospital suffering from servere muscle weekness and died 10 days later from Rhabdomyolysis.He was taking Simvistatin and previous to that had taken a 5 five day course of Levoflaxacin.His doctor informed us that it was an interaction between the two drugs.

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Simvastatin, like other statins, can cause myopathy with symptoms such as muscle pain, tenderness or weakness. Myopathy sometimes takes the form of rhabdomyolysis, death is rare but has occurred. Read more: https://www.drugs.com/pro/simvastatin.html